Yuca

yuca

Star Anise

star anise

Mexican Native Herbs

mexican native herbs

Australian Native Spices

australian native spices

The pet-food scare has been depressing, but it’s shed light on that industry. The recent news that people may have eaten melamine-laced food, though, is just plain freaky.

Clam

clam

I have recently purchased a couple of pawpaw trees. We aren’t talking papaya here, but the pawpaw that grows and produces fruit all the way up here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I understand the seeds are poisonous, but...

cooks off when heated in the cooking process. A chemical, or poison, could be on your skin from handling and injested if you transferred it to food or licked your fingers. Just supposition...I have no idea of levels of toxicity,...

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Obsessives: Urban Farming

Novella Carpenter’s backyard is a pigsty.

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Know Your Mushrooms

A visual guide to all your favorite fungi.

I’d appreciate any observations on this from folks familiar with the biochemistry of food, particularly re fermentation, and of course, anyone who has experience pickling vegetables with brine (as opposed to vinegar). I made...

You should boil beans for 15 minutes before transferring to a slow cooker, or risk food poisoning.

The Los Angeles Times is at the head of a lynch mob storming the castle in search of shared party food.

Balducci’s was bought in 1999 by Sutton Place Gourmet, a DC-area supermarket chain. It does not compare with the many great food and produce markets in NYC. I don’t see why people still shop at Balducci’s.

I hate liq**d Sm*ke! Whenever it’s insidious flavor is present in a dish, be it bbq sauce or burritos as big as your head at a drunken 3am, liq**d Sm*ke ruins the meal for me. Trash Can Time. So, I’m watching the ever...